Hair curler



June 11, 1935. KLEIN 2,004,760

HAIR CURLER Filed Jan. 7, 1955 IN VENTOR.

M M- 2; A BY.

Patented June 11, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAIR CURLER,

Harry H. Klein, New York, N. Y.

Application January 7, 1935, Serial No.

7 Claims.

This invention relates to hair curlers, and particularly to the typewherein two or more arms are hinged to each other and the hair is curledaround and between the arms.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a convenientlyutilizable, efilcient, and improved hair curling device of the abovetype.

Another object is to provide a hair curler of the above type, one ormore of the arms of which may be rotated about the longitudinal axis ofthe device relatively to the remaining arms for improving the operationand resulting performance of the hair curler.

A further object is to provide the hair curler with means for retardingthe aforesaid rotating action of the arms.

A still further object is to provide a hair curler of the above typewith improved means for engaging its hinged arms to each other.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawing,-

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the hair curler of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional plan view of the hair curlershown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse-sectional end elevation of the hair curler shownin Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 shows a detail of the hair curler, on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing a hair curler, which is a modification ofthe invention.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional fragmentary view showing a modification ofthe hair retaining band illustrated in the hair curler of Fig; 5.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation showing another modification of theinvention.

Fig. 8 is a transverse-sectional end elevation of the hair curler shownin Fig. '7.

The hair curler I, Fig. 1, has a tubular bar 2. and a concave arm 3,which are hinged to each other by means of a headed axle 4 passingthrough ears 5, 6 thereof and are provided with respective finger-piecesI, 8, as illustrated. A spring 9 is wound around the axle 4 and itsterminals l bear against said finger-pieces, whereby the bar 2 and arm 3are normally impelled to bear pressingly against each other as shown,while when the finger-pieces 1, 8 are pressed toward each other the arm3 is swung away from the bar 2 to the position shown by the dash and dotlines, Fig. 1. In the bar 2 and arm 3, over the axle 4, are formedrecesses II that serve as a mounting for a collar-shaped framing l2,which completely surrounds the hair 7... REISSUED curler and withinwhich said bar and arm are rotatable. To the framing l2, at I3, ispivoted a hair retaining band l4, about the terminal l of which isrevolubly mounted a fitting 16, comprising a disk l'l having a knob l8at each -5 side thereof. The faces of disk I! have ratchet teeth I9formed thereon, and the terminal of the bar 2 is provided withcooperating teeth 20, whereby the band I4 may be either swung freelyabout its pivots l3, as indicated by the 10 dash and dot lines, Fig. 1,or it may be disposed into locked engagement with the bar 2 by graspingone of the knobs l8, inserting the opposite knob into the end of the bar2, and bringing the ratcheted disk I! into mesh with the rachet 20 ofsaid bar. While holding the fitting IS with one hand and maintaining theband l4 stationary, the bar 2 and arm 3 maybe rotated through theframing l2 as a bearing by turning of the finger-pieces 1, 8 about thelongitudinal axis of the bar, the meshing teeth I9, 20 permitting thisrotation through the springiness of the band l4.

When utilizing the hair curler, the arm 3 is first disposed to the openinoperative position, the end of the hair is then placed between it andthe bar 2, then said end is gripped by releasing the arm to thespring-pressed position against the hair and bar 2, the band l4 being inengagement with the bar 2, and, while the knob I8 or band I4 is heldwith one hand, the.fingerpieces I, 8 are turned with the other and thecurling of the hair is thereby continued around the closed arm and bar,until the space between them and the band I4 is snugly filled. Thedevice is then left upon the hair in this condition for a requisitelength of time, and it maybe then removed by opening up its above partsand sliding off the curled hair therefrom. While the curler is retainedin operative state, any tendency of the bar 2 to rotate backwardly,relatively to the stationary arm I4, is retarded by the retention of themeshing teeth I9, 20.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the band I4 is held to the bar 2 bythe former having a loop 2| which enters the bar as shown, when broughtpressingly against the rim 22, the springiness of the band l4 permittingthis tension of the loop. In Fig. 6 the loop 2| is shown disposedtransversely to the plane in which the band l4 lies, to furtherfacilitate its engagement with the bar 2 and retard any tendency ofbackward rotation of said bar when the curler is in operative state.

According to the modification shown in Figs.

'1, 8, the hair retaining band is made of elastic material 23 carrying aplug 24 comprising a headed portion 25 and a portion 26 of reduceddiameter adapted to enter the terminal tubular bar 2. In order to app ythe band 23 to bar 2, therefore, it merely requires grasping of the plug24, stretching the elastic band 23, and

inserting the plug into engagement with the bar '2, as illustrated.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, andportions 01'- the improvements may be made without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:-

1. A hair curler having the combination of a hair winding bar, a hairgripping arm hinged to said bar, a hair retaining band, a framingpivoted to said band, and said bar and arm being mounted to rotatewithin said framing.

2. A hair curler having the combination of a hair winding bar, a hairgripping arm hinged to said bar, a hair retaining band, a framingpivoted to said band, and said bar and arm being mounted at said hingingto rotate within said framing.

3. A hair curler having the combination of a hair winding bar, a hairgripping arm hinged to said bar, a hair retaining band, a framingpivoted to said band, said bar and arm being mounted to rotate withinsaid framing, and means wherewith to hold said band relativelystationary while said bar and arm are beingrotated.

4. A hair curler having the combination oi'a hair winding bar, a hairgripping arm hinged to said bar, a hair retaining band, a framingpivoted to said band, said bar and arm being mounted to rotate withinsaid framing, and said bar and band having ratcheting means to retardthe rotation of the bar.

5. A hair curler having the combination of a hair winding bar, a hairgripping arm hinged to said bar, a hair retaining band, a framingpivoted to said band, said bar and arm being mounted to rotate withinsaid framing, and means to retard the rotation of said bar relatively tosaid band.

6. A hair curler having the combination of a hair winding bar, a hairgripping arm hinged to said bar, an elastic hair retaining band, atraming pivoted to said band. said bar and arm being mounted to rotatewithin said framing, and said band having a plug adapted to enter andengage said bar for operatively retaining the hair.

7. A hair curler having the combination of a hair winding bar and a hairgripping arm

